Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 12-28-10] International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Ka-Sat satellite to orbit for Eutelsat on a Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, ILS announced Dec 27.  […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-28-10] China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) will launch Pakistani communications satellite Paksat-1R in August from a Chinese launch facility, Pakistani government officials announced Dec. 27.     Paksat-1R […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-28-10] Enterprise voice and data services provider TelePacific Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Covad Wireless, a broadband fixed wireless carrier operating in California,     TelePacific […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-28-10] China’s development bank will lend Bolivia $251 million to finance the South American country’s first communications satellite, China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) confirmed Dec. 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-27-10] Inmarsat secured $666 million in U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank loans to finance the construction and insurance of three Ka-band satellites for its Global Xpress service, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-27-10] TerreStar Networks and its creditors have agreed to allow EchoStar to buy $125 million of preferred stock as part of TerreStar Network’s reorganization plan out of bankruptcy, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-27-10] German public broadcaster ARD signed capacity lease agreements with Eutelsat and SES Astra to bring the Das Erste channel to German soldiers serving in Afghanistan, the operators […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-27-10] Growth private equity firm Catalyst Investors has provided $10 million in equity funding to Canadian 4G rural broadband provider Barrett Xplore, the company announced Dec. 23.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-27-10] EMS Technologies has appointed President and CEO Neil Mackay to its board of directors, the company announced Dec. 22.     EMS said Mackay’s involvement in overseeing the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-23-10] Globalstar has received two more of its second-generation satellites from Thales Alenia Space, the mobile operator announced Dec. 22.     The satellites will undergo preparations and […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] ViaSat received $13.8 million in Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) follow-on orders from the U.S. Army, the company announced Dec. 21.     The order is part of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will orbit the GSAT-5P satellite on its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) Dec. 25 after the rocket engine’s valve was tested […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] NASA is seeking proposals for testing new technologies during suborbital flights and requesting information from commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicle providers and commercial payload integrators about carrying […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] Geospatial solutions provider RapidEye named consulting and software engineering services company Viasat GeoTechnologies to RapidEye’s team of distributors in Canada, RapidEye announced Dec. 22.     RapidEye is […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] There will be no Satellite TODAY Daily News Feed issued Dec. 24 due to the holiday. We will resume our regular publishing schedule on Dec. 27.

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-22-10] All major subcontract partners for the Republic of Azerbaijan’s first commercial communications satellite, Azerspace/Africasat-1a, are in place, as prime contractor Orbital Sciences Corp. selected GMV to […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] Harris Corp. won a $42 million contract from prime contractor Sierra Nevada Corp. to supply antenna and radar electronics for a satellite that will provide high-resolution radar […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] The Russian Defense Ministry has postponed the launch of the Glonass-K satellite until 2011, Russian officials announced Dec. 21.     The satellite was scheduled to launch on […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] Teleport services provider Vicus Luxlink has leased six transponders of Thor 3 inclined-satellite capacity from Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) with the option of an additional two transponders, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] Raytheon BBN Technologies was awarded $2.1 million in funding by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for two projects under the Information in a Photon […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] The Mexican Government issued a $1 billion contract to Boeing for the development and delivery of the Mexsat end-to-end communications system, Boeing announced Dec. 20.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-21-10] Raytheon signed a definitive agreement to acquire communications specialist Applied Signal Technology for approximately $490 million in cash, Raytheon announced Dec. 20.      Raytheon Chairman and […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] Intelsat has contracted SatLink Communications to provide Virtual Network Operator (VNO) end-to-end turnkey services based on the iDirect Evolution hub, SatLink announced Dec. 20.     The long-term […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) postponed the Dec. 19 launch of GSAT-5P satellite aboard its Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) after a leak was discovered in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] NASA has test-fired the Aerojet liquid fuel AJ26 engine, which was built to power the first stage of Orbital Sciences‘ Taurus 2 rocket, the agency announced Dec.20. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] Oil and gas industry communications systems provider RigNet closed its initial public offering of 5 million shares at an initial price of $12.00 per share, the company […]

[Satellite News 12-21-10] International mobile broadband industry group GSMA and research partner Analysys Mason are focusing efforts to persuade India’s government and regional enterprises to invest in expanding the country’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] U.K. broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications signed a five-year contract with Filiago in Germany to provide broadband services via the Hylas 1 satellite, Avanti announced Dec. 17. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] NASA named Richard Keegan associate deputy administrator, replacing Charles Scales, who is retiring after serving in the position since April 2007, the agency announced Dec. 17.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] Rogers Corp. introduced its RT/duroid 6035HTC high-thermal-conductivity laminate material engineered for low loss in high-power circuits, the developer announced Dec. 17.     The composite material is designed […]